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Monday 7th January 2013 Sol 150
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/01/07/monday-7th-january-2013-sol-150/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on January 7, 2013 The recent images of sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife are creating a lot of interest within and beyond the MSL science team.
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Life has always been about give and take
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/mutualistic-city
Professor Mark Williams explains the importance of mutualistic cities in creating hope for a better, natural future.
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29th August 2013 Sol 378
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2013/08/29/29th-august-2013-sol-378/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 29, 2013 We are now about 300 m from Waypoint1. That is one of the stopping off points on the way to the clay-rich horizon of Mt. Sharp.
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Sol 0
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/06/sol-0/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 6, 2012 I have just been part of the most exciting science meeting I have ever yet been in for any work – MSL, or otherwise.
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Deck the halls with Christmas lights all the way to space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/18-deck-halls-christmas-lights-space
A house illuminated with Christmas lights|University of Leicester students have calculated how many Christmas lights are needed to decorate a house to be visible from space.
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Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep
New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur as we get older and could be affected by sleep disturbance Scientists aim to find out whether this epigenetic clock plays a...
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Hotspots and minisatellites
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/hotspots-and-minisatellites
Instrumental to Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys' refining of the genetic fingerprinting technique were hotspots of activity and minisatellites.
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19th Octobe 2016 Sol 1495
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2016/10/19/19th-octobe-2016-sol-1495/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 19, 2016 Curiosity has been drilling at Sabina as we continue our Murray formation investigations. Meanwhile Trace Gas Orbiter has successfully been placed in orbit.
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Pick up the pace! New study finds slow walkers four times more likely to die from Covid-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/slow-walk-covid
Slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19 and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the virus, according to a team of researchers from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre led by...
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Santander scholar on path to career in STEM
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/stemships
An engineer at the University of Leicester has become one of the first beneficiaries of a scheme designed to enhance opportunities for women in STEM.